Chapter 327: I need Answers (1/2)
”The Ancestor will present the reward for the Future-Heir Sanjay.” The Faction said as he stood still and the rest of the candidates, the elders, and every other person stood up.
An old man came into the seating area of the faction head slowly. He has long white hair and a long white beard. He wore loose robes and has an aura of a monk.
Behind him, another person also came out, and he is the uncle of Sanjay who is holed up in that dark room.
He decided to come out since his grandfather is coming out as a sign of respect.
All the people in the faction are looking at the old man with respect.
They are more respectful to him than the Faction-head. Even though he is not the strongest and definitely not stronger than the current Faction-head, he is not weaker than him either. If anything, he can at most tie with the Faction-head.
But what is making them give his respect is his status of the older generation and his wisdom and experience been far greater than the Faction-head.
The Consummate Realm of cultivation has much more than strength and since he stayed in that realm far more than the Faction-head, his experience is more valuable.
”You did a good job.” He looked at Sanjay and said. Sanjay looked at him and gave a deep bow before saying.
”Ancestor, with all due respect, I want to say a few words before we proceed.” The Oldman nodded his head without much thought.
”I need some answers and I would like you or the Faction-head to answer me genuinely. If I don't get the answer today and if I was lied to, I would relinquish the title of the Future-head.”
His words shocked everyone, including Sam and Watt. They are outsiders who do not belong to the faction and even they are stunned by this, because even they who don't know all the privileges of the position, they could guess how important that is.
But now this guy is straight up saying that he is leaving that if he doesn't know the answer.
They are all wondering what is it that he wants to know so badly.
As everyone was staying silent, Sanjay continued.
”Twenty years ago, what happened? Who is the man who was labelled as a traitor and also why is he labelled as a traitor? I read some hidden records accidentally and knew, before that incident he is the man who brought glory, his achievements were way past his peers, even my father the current faction-head was left behind far away.
Who is he?”
The Oldman widened his eyes in surprise, he took a deep breath and looked at Sanjay with a discerning look. He could see those eyes are full of determination and knew that Sanjay would do what he said, if he really didn't say so.
He then looked at the Faction-head whose face is distorted with anger and shook his head, before turning to Sanjay again.
”Why do you want to know this all of a sudden?”
”Because, a few months ago, a young man who resembled that person a lot was labelled as a bastard and was targeted as the most wanted criminal by the Faction-head himself. Some people of our faction, even resorted to using our spies in other major powers to deal with him.
Why so much hatred towards that person? Even though, his father might be a traitor, why show so much hatred towards that person who doesn't share anything from his father except for the blood and kinship?
Today, I am determined to know.”
The ancestor was extremely surprised, he looked at the faction-head whose face was extremely dark with anger, hatred and a twisted expression and understood what Sanjay said was truth.
He looked at the audience and the rest of the candidates, elders and everyone else.
”This is not something to be discussed in front of everyone. We can talk this after the ceremony is over. Let the rest of the ceremony continue and we will be discussing it after that in private.”
The Faction-head looked at Sanjay with extreme anger, but the latter didn't care.